Quas Matthaeus opes, ad Christi jussa, reliquit; Tum primum vere coepit habere suas.[76] Iste malarum est usus opum bonus, unicus iste; Esse malas homini, quas bene perdat, opes. _And he left all ... and followed Him._ To be rich, truly rich, Matthew did take The right way, when he left all for Christ's sake. This is the one good use of ill-got wealth; For ill-got 'tis which, leaving, bringeth health. B. & G. CXL. _Aedificatis sepulchra Prophetarum._ Matt. xxiii. 29. Sanctorum in tumulis quid vult labor ille colendis? Sanctorum mortem non sinit ille mori. Vane, Prophetarum quot ponis saxa sepulchris, Tot testes lapidum, queis periere, facis. _Ye build the sepulchres of the Prophets._ Thou trim'st a Prophet's tombe, and dost bequeath The life thou took'st from him unto his death. Vain man! the stones that on his tombe doe lye Keepe but the score[77] of them that made him dye. CR. ANOTHER VERSION. What means this labour on the tombs of saints, Causing their holy memory be cherish'd? Vain men! each stone which consecrates their plaints Doth tell us of the stones by which they perish'd. G. CXLI. _In manum aridam qua Christo mota est miseratio._ Marc. iii. 3-5. Prende, miser, Christum; et cum Christo prende salutem: At manca est, dices, dextera: prende tamen. Ipsum hoc, in Christum, manus est: hoc prendere Christum est, Qua Christum prendas, non habuisse manum. _The man with the withered hand, who excited Christ's compassion._ Take hold of Christ, O wretched one, And with Christ take salvation. But thy right hand, thou say'st, is dead; Yet take thee hold: His word is said. Take hold of Christ e'en without hand; Then safe in Christ, and well, thou'lt stand: Take hold of Christ in simple faith; This will be hand to thee, He saith. G. CXLII. _Ad D. Lucam medicum._ Coloss. iv. 14. Nulla mihi, Luca, de te medicamina posco, Ipse licet medicus sis, licet aeger ego: Quippe ego in exemplum fidei dum te mihi pono, Tu, medice, ipse mihi es tu medicina mea. Οὐδὲν ἐγὼ, Λουκᾶ, παρά σου μοὶ φάρμακον αἰτῶ, Κἂν σὺ δ' ἰατρὸς ἔῃς, κἂν μὲν ἐγὼ νοσερός. Ἀλλ' ἐν ὅσῳ παράδειγμα πέλεις μοὶ πίστιος, αὐτὸς, Αὐτὸς ἰατρὸς ἐμοί γ' ἐσσὶ ἀκεστορίη. _Luke the beloved physician._ No medicine of thee, O Luke, I seek, Though thou art a physician, and I sick: Th' example of thy faith before my eyen, To me, physician, is the medicine. B. ANOTHER VERSION. _To St. Luke as a physician._ No medicine will I crave, Saint Luke, of thee, Though I be sick, though thou physician be: Pattern of faith, I plant thee in my soul, And thou thyself the medicine makest me whole. A. CXLIII. _Hydropicus sanatus, Christum jam sitiens._ Luc. xiv. 4.